ORANGE, NJ — Marking 19 years since approximately 3,000 people died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York City; Washington, D.C.; and Stonycreek, Pa., the Orange community came together at Orange High School’s Bell Stadium for a Sept. 11 Remembrance Walk/Run Fundraiser. “Today, we are doing a Remembrance Walk/Run for victims of Sept. […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — The Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders recently honored Azana Sall and Izdihar Benjamin, both of East Orange, for being named the Essex County recipients of the 2020 Scholarship Program Award from the New Jersey Association of Counties Foundation and Investors Foundation. The board’s commendations were sponsored by acclamation and delivered […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange hosted its second food distribution event, in partnership with the Livingston Lions Club and Chad Yagodich of Seashore Fruit and Produce Company, on Saturday, Sept. 12, providing more than 77,000 pounds of prepackaged fresh produce to families at the East Orange Senior Center, 90 Halsted St. The Livingston Lions […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Essex County’s “Essex Remembers” ceremony couldn’t draw the crowd it normally draws to the Eagle Rock Reservation this Sept. 11 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but the county was still able to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. A livestream allowed those who normally […]
ORANGE, NJ — Detectives from the Orange Police Department’s Street Crimes Gang and Narcotics Task Force were assigned to address COVID-19 enforcement and quality-of-life concerns in the city’s East Ward on Sept. 4, according to a press release from police Director Todd Warren and Chief Law Enforcement Officer Vincent Vitiello. On Sept. 4, detectives responded […]
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Nineteen years ago on Sept. 11, 2001, approximately 3,000 people were murdered in terrorist attacks in New York City; Washington, D.C.; and Stonycreek, Pa. May we always remember the victims. Below are the Essex County residents who were killed in the terrorist attacks: Cesar A. Alviar, 60, of Bloomfield Sean Booker, […]
ORANGE, NJ — Ever heard of a book that’s a “real page-turner,” a “compelling read,” a “nail-biter” or that’s “so good you can’t put it down”? These are all popular phrases that describe great books that can cause the reader, engrossed in the story, to be transported to another dimension. That has to be what […]
LIVINGSTON, NJ — The YMCA’s after-school program continues to be a place where children can remain active, learning and engaged during their time out of school — a critical time for all school-age children, especially as they continue to adjust to the many changes related to COVID-19. Each year, the Y works to provide engaging […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — When local first responders and long-term care facilities were short on personal protective equipment, a local investment company stepped in to help keep their fellow community members safe during the COVID-19 outbreak. Asden Properties donated 3,000 disposable face masks to the East Orange Office of Emergency Management and 2,000 N95 respirator […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — A historic promotion ceremony took place on Aug. 26 at East Orange Hall Plaza as Mayor Ted Green, the City Council, Public Safety Director Dominick Saldida and Police Chief Phyllis Bindi were in attendance to usher in the promotion of three lieutenants of the East Orange Police Division to the rank […]